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 Born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1978, Our Lady J attended Interlochen Center for the Arts from 1994 to 1996, majoring in piano during her junior and senior years of high school.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.interlochen.org/story/transparent-writer-plotting-her-own-journey|title=''Transparent'' writer on plotting her own journey|work=Interlochen Center for the Arts}}</ref> In 2000, she moved to New York City, where she freelanced as an accompanist.<ref name="Musto">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady J Evolves, One Dolly Parton Cover at a Time |last=Musto |first= Michael |work=New York Times |date=10 December 2014 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/style/our-lady-j-evolves-one-dolly-parton-cover-at-a-time.html}}</ref> In 2004, J became the musical director and accompanist for the Broadway performer Natalie Joy Johnson and came out as [[transgender]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-our-lady-j-transparent-first-trans-writer-20151211-story.html| title=Our Lady J, ''Transparent's'' first trans writer, discusses becoming part of the family |date=December 11, 2015|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She grew to popularity in 2013 when releasing her critically acclaimed first studio album, ''Picture of a Man''.<ref name=Picture>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/24/our-lady-j-indiegogo-picture-of-a-man_n_3332247.html|title=Our Lady J's 'Picture of a Man' Album Indiegogo Campaign Features Celebrity Friends |date=May 24, 2014|accessdate=March 21, 2014|work=Huff Post}}</ref> Our Lady J has played piano at Carnegie Hall, American Ballet Theatre, and for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c|title=Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right"|work=INTO|access-date=2018-01-11|language=en}}</ref>
-In a 2014 piece in the New York Times, Our Lady J said "I'm comfortable being a bit of both genders. [[Legal gender|Legally]], I'm 100 percent [[woman]] — I changed the 'M' to 'F' on all my papers — but now I want to change it to a question mark or an 'X'."<ref name="Musto" /> In a November 2016 video for [[Gender and social media sites|Tinder]], she said "My preferred gender is [[agender]], no gender."<ref>[https://youtu.be/XP90QAnmaA4?t=37 #AllTypesAllSwipes | Introducing More Genders | Product Release | Tinder], Nov 15, 2016</ref> However in a September 2017 interview on the podcast "LGBTQ&A", she said that was no longer accurate and she was now "[[gender nonconforming]] and [[gender fluid]]", but also a [[trans woman]].<ref name="INTO">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right" |author= |work=INTO |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c}}</ref>
+In a 2014 piece in the New York Times, Our Lady J said "I'm comfortable being a bit of both genders. [[Legal gender|Legally]], I'm 100 percent [[woman]] — I changed the 'M' to 'F' on all my papers — but now I want to change it to a question mark or an 'X'."<ref name="Musto" /> In a November 2016 video for [[Gender and social media sites|Tinder]], she said "My preferred gender is [[agender]], no gender."<ref>[https://youtu.be/XP90QAnmaA4?t=37 #AllTypesAllSwipes | Introducing More Genders | Product Release | Tinder], Nov 15, 2016</ref> However in a September 2017 interview on the podcast "LGBTQ&A", she said that was no longer accurate and she was now "[[gender nonconforming]] and [[gender fluid]]", but also a [[trans woman]].<ref name="INTO">{{Cite web |title=Our Lady J on Gender, Discrimination, & Hollywood Starting to "Get It Right" |author= |work=INTO |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=5 September 2020 |url= https://www.intomore.com/culture/our-lady-j-on-gender-discrimination-hollywood-starting-to-get-it-right/d82839748e024a3c}}</ref> On International Women's Day in March 2020, she tweeted about being [[Gender alignment|woman-aligned]] and nonbinary:
+{{quote|Happy International Women's Day. I never take my womanhood for granted, having spent most of my life fighting to be respected and seen as a woman. But truth be told, it's not that simple for me. I am and always have been [[non-binary]], although identifying with this term still feels foreign, given the newness of the language in comparison to the antiquity of my spirit. However, "woman" is still a protective and necessary sheath I feel I must wear for my safety in a society that feels anything other than man or woman is a danger, therefore a target of violence. This fight, I believe, is one of the many shared experiences that binds me to the female tribe. I will continue to align with the term "woman," until the day comes when splintering away from it no longer leaves me feeling prey to the verbal and physical violence I've experienced while inhabiting my space within the sacred femme.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309001552if_/https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|url=https://twitter.com/ourladyj/status/1236807149642297345|title=Twitter thread by @ourladyj|date=March 8, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>}}
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